Hanja Analyzer
晦

晦 — hoe

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
그믐 회
Romanization
hoe
English
dark, unclear, obscure; night
Mandarin
huì
Japanese on'yomi
カイ, ケ
Japanese kun'yomi
つごもり くら.い みそか くら.む
Japanese usage
Jinmeiyō kanji
Strokes
11
Radical
日 (72, 7 residual)
Phonetic component
每
Unicode
U+6666

Parts that make up 晦

  • 日 날 일 해해와 밝기, 그리고 하루와 때
  • 毎 매양 매 비녀 꽂은 어미每 와 같은 글자. ‘매·모’ 계열의 소리

How 晦 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 晦 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 日, 每.

Korean example words with 晦

  • 대회大晦 Korean gloss: 섣달 그믐.
  • 회명晦明 Korean gloss: 어두움과 밝음.
  • 회헌晦軒 Korean gloss: ‘안향’의 호.
  • 회재晦齋 Korean gloss: ‘이언적’의 호.
  • 회맹晦盲 Korean gloss: 세상이 어지러워 막막함.
  • 월회月晦 Korean gloss: 음력으로 달의 마지막 날.
  • 회간晦間 Korean gloss: 그믐날 앞뒤의 며칠 동안.
  • 회일晦日 Korean gloss: 음력으로 그달의 마지막 날.
  • 자회自晦 Korean gloss: 스스로 감추어 드러내지 아니함.
  • 도회韜晦 Korean gloss: 재능이나 학식 따위를 숨겨 감춤.
  • 회삭晦朔 Korean gloss: 그믐과 초하루를 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 회명晦冥 Korean gloss: 해나 달의 빛이 가리어져 어두컴컴함.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 晦

  • 大晦日おおみそか New Year's Eve
  • 韜晦とうかい concealing one's talents, status, intentions, etc.; maintaining a strict incognito; self-effacement
  • 晦渋かいじゅう ambiguous; obscure; equivocal
  • 晦冥かいめい darkness
  • 大晦おおつごもり the last day of the year; New Year's Eve
  • 晦朔かいさく last and first days of the month
  • 晦匿かいとく hiding one's abilites (by living in concealment)
  • 晦ますくらます to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond
  • 自己韜晦じことうかい concealing one's talents, position, status, intentions, etc.
  • 天地晦冥てんちかいめい the world is covered in darkness; all is plunged into darkness
  • 韜晦趣味とうかいしゅみ propensity to efface oneself; being prone to conceal one's talent

Characters sharing the phonetic 每

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “회”

Other hanja with radical 日

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